State comparison · 2025
Nurse Practitioners salary: Iowa vs Washington
Nurse Practitioners in Washington earn a median of $156,100. In Iowa, $130,160. After cost-of-living, the gap is 1.6% — not 16.6%.
Nominal pay gap
-16.6%
Iowa vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
+1.6%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Iowa
Nurse Practitioners
- Median
- $130,160
- p25
- $122,720
- p75
- $141,940
- p10
- $107,990
- p90
- $167,590
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.8
Washington
Nurse Practitioners
- Median
- $156,100
- p25
- $129,670
- p75
- $169,500
- p10
- $122,420
- p90
- $187,240
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 107.0
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +100%
BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025. Cost-of-living adjustment from BEA Regional Price Parities (overall index). Hiring velocity from DOL OFLC public disclosure data, recent 180 days vs prior. See methodology.